Useful resources

TTony · July 2013

Sites for wiring diagrams, YT vids on different aspects of building & modding, and general "how do I" resources

chrispy108 · August 2013

Pedal making:

http://freestompboxes.org/ Loads of schematics, FAQS and how-tos

http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.co.uk Millions of vero and tagboard layouts

http://www.beavisaudio.com/ Loads of articles and guides

http://www.muzique.com/ More articles and guides

http://www.diystompboxes.com/wiki/index.php?title=Frequently_Asked_Questions_(DIY_FAQ) Nice basic overview

http://www.harmonycentral.com/t5/Effects-Pedals-Multi-Effects-and/The-Offical-DIY-Thread/td-p/27509527 Long thread to talk to, but full of info

frankus · August 2013

Some of my personal favourites are:

http://www.runoffgroove.com/
http://www.sabrotone.com/
http://revolutiondeux.blogspot.co.uk/

TTony · August 2013

Pages and pages and pages of all sorts of modding & wiring tips at Premier Guitar here.

Premier Guitar Mag

Sporky · August 2013

http://simnettguitars.co.uk/forum/index.php - excellent guitar building forum

TTony · August 2013

Discussion "stickied" ... lots of wisdom points to be won by the sharing of resource links

TTony · August 2013

As well as being a great place to buy stuff, Stewmac also publish a lot of useful free info on their website ...

Stewmac free info

Stewmac trade secrets archive

Sign-up for the Stewmac newsletter

ROOG · August 2013

TTony said:

As well as being a great place to buy stuff, Stewmac also publish a lot of useful free info on their website ...

Stewmac free info
Stewmac trade secrets archive
Sign-up for the Stewmac newsletter

Great site, loads of information.

koneguitarist · August 2013

https://sites.google.com/site/phostenixwiringdiagrams/home One of the best wiring sites I have seen.

Sporky · August 2013

@TTony - as the starter of the discussion, could you harvest all of the links and resources into the opening post? That'd save a lot of hunting through the thread.

axisus · September 2013

I'm a big fan of the SD wiring diagrams, the best drawings out there!

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/

EDIT: just seen this post of mine from 2013. Sadly SD ruined their wiring site, it's not a patch on what it used to be. I wouldn't particularly recommend it any more, but hey, someone else out there might find it useful

ChrisMusic · September 2013

Roman Guitars - Guitar Technical Articles - on Guitar Construction, Techniques and Materials

http://www.edroman.com/techarticles.htm

Still loads of good stuff here, worth taking some time exploring the site, but check validity of information; as there is good stuff, some controversial, mixed in with snake oil and occasional attitude issues.

edit: - caveat both ICBM & WezV say take care with info on here.

clarification by our own ThePrettyDamned (thanks) > http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/44215/#Comment_44215

jd0272 · September 2013

Er, common sense lads, and use a measure. More than once.

GuitarHive · October 2013

There's some good general stuff here: http://mimf.com/ and if you're into making bodies from scratch, there's great advice on wood here: http://www.lmii.com

Also, though there not online, two books were recommended by guitar builders I interviewed: Melvin Hiscock’s Make Your Own Electric Guitar and Build your own electric guitar, by Martin Oakham.

If you're interested in the interviews, there's one with Chris Sundlof of Sundlof Guitars here and one with Ken Francis of Francis Guitars here: http://www.guitarhive.com/ken-francis-interview.html

crunchman · October 2013

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/310/building-your-own-stompboxes

Pedal resources in this thread from the FX section - buried on page 7. Includes parts suppliers as well.

JXG · February 2014

http://www.frets.com
Incredible amount of information

MattFGBI · February 2015

http://www.guitarelectronics.com/category/wiring_resources_guitar_wiring_diagrams/

Spreadspectrum · March 2015

PlanetZ-

Great info on pedal building, mods, videos on guitar pedal decals/finishing

Chromesphere's youtube channel- vids on pedal building

xmrchi · March 2015

This is the site I use when making pickups,, it shows all specs for gibson and Fender pickups, including amount of winds
http://www.skguitar.com/SKGS/sk/pickup_specs.htm

chrisw67 · September 2016

Lots of tips on (re-)spraying guitars with nitro here...

http://www.reranch.com/101.htm

JOHANNEZZ · January 2017

Just joined your community, and i like it a lot already. English is not my native language, so i might make some weird comments. Feel free to laugh out loud and correct me if i'm wrong. My first post was a comment, in the acoustic pound sector.(they forgot to put the pound symbol on my keyboard).

my website of interest is http://g-jax.com

I'm not shure if this is the official webshop from Gotoh. You can actualy get THE precise hardware, especialy the topshelf 510z tuners in all the variations you can possibly think of. This is the only site that is accurate about gear ratio ( up to 21:1 ) locking method, plating like xg( =special durable gold plating), varius types of knobs, height adjustable tuner posts.
I ordered a set of vintage 510 hapm L6 for a strat mod, and they are a dream. Eric Johnson uses similar kinds of tuners in his guitar.

In Germany there are some interresting webshops for (tube amp)kits and other nice stuff
http://www.musikding.de
https://www.tube-town.net
http://www.tubeampdoctor.com/

https://www.amplifiedparts.com nice capacitors, very nice mil spec potentiometers

Stratmods · April 2018

https://strat-mods.com is a good resource

rawheadrex · April 2018

http://effectslayouts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://tonepad.com/default.asp
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/
http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/

Guitarlarky · September 2020

Simplified way to look up extra options for wiring selector switches:
https://towymusic.com/switch-options

Roland · April 2021

Edition 3 of Melvyn Hiscock’s book https://www.melvynhiscock.com/

BillDL · September 2021

There is lots of useful info for builders, repairers and tinkerers in Gerry's blog on his company website Haze Guitars, based near Dublin, Eire (Southern Ireland).

Kittyfrisk · September 2021

@TTony I know you put the original Stewmac 'Trade Secrets' resource here in 2013 but as I just found out, the web address has changed.
Shame to have members unable to find what is a brilliant resource

Here's the latest one that works https://www.stewmac.com/video-and-ideas/trade-secrets/?contentSortBy=Recency&contentPage=2#content

TTony · September 2021

Thanks @kittyfrisk - just updated the original link

Acdeezee86 · February 2022

As a total newb, I found Seymour Duncan's free course on changing pickups both clear and useful:
https://tech.seymourduncan.com/

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